dangerous driving

dangerous driving

the offences of driving dangerously or causing death by dangerous driving. A person is driving dangerously if:

(1) the way he drives falls far below what would be expected of a competent and careful driver; and

(2) it would be obvious to a competent and careful driver that driving that way would be dangerous. ‘Dangerous’ refers to damage to person or property. Regard is to be had to circumstances of which the driver could be expected to be aware and also to those of which he can be shown to have been actually aware.

All four were in the dock on Thursday charged with offences related to dangerous driving, The court was told the case concerned a suspected car race on Nelson Road, on Cramlington Industrial Estate, on October 28, which was allegedly watched by a "large number" of members of the public.

Ryszard Masierak, 31, appeared in court on August 28 to face eight counts of causing death by dangerous driving, four of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and eight of causing death by careless driving while over the prescribed alcohol limit.

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